GRE Word List

ENDEMIC

belonging or native to a particular people or country

The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.

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qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy
prosperitythe condition of being successful or thriving
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
cruxa puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question
spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
referendumthe principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
presumeto undertake without leave or clear justification : dare
elevationthe height to which something is elevated: such as